Opinion

Editorial: Hope for sanity in cocaine sentencing

The following editorial comes from The Orange County Register, the Star’s sister paper and the flagship of the Freedom group:Now that the Senate’s second-ranking Democrat has introduced a bill to end the unjustified and counterproductive... Full story

Community Forum: Salute for the concerned citizens

To the editor:In a recent letter by Walt Kittelberger he talks of letters “submitted to newspapers all over America by people who are suddenly concerned by the direction the Country has taken. These people have grown worried about a whole host... Full story

Another View: Economic myths and irrelevancy

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Steve H. Hanke is a Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and writes frequently for Globe Asia and Forbes magazine. Professor Hanke starts off his... Full story

Editorial: Global action on warming fizzling

  The following editorial appeared inThe Orange County Register flagship of the Freedom group, the Star’s sister paper and      flagship of the Freedom group     The world can breathe a sigh of... Full story

Community Forum: Times are changing for ranchers

To the editor:Recently, the paper had an article about a local cattle raiser complaining that the City of Harlingen would not remove the carcass of his dead cow.Back in my livestock raising days, when an animal died, one usually disposed of the... Full story

Editorial: Value protection

Constitutional amendments would help property owners

As expected, turnout so far has been light in early voting for the 11 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. That is unfortunate, because more than half of the proposals would directly affect homeowners’ property tax bills. Live voting... Full story

Community Forum: No difference in types of murder

To the editor:According to a police spokesman, the teenager who is accused of beating his one-month-old son to death is charged with capital murder because the victim was under the age of 6.On the contrary, an abortion doctor can legally murder a... Full story

Problems at new police department

To the editor: I was elated to see the new Harlingen Police Department’s new building. I went inside and asked the receptionist (a police officer) and inquired about fingerprinting services. She called somebody from the phone and then told me... Full story

Supreme sacrifice

As we mourn another loss in Iraq, pledge to make peace their legacy

The Rio Grande Valley once again mourns the loss of one of our own to the hell that is war. Alton native Bradley Espinoza was killed Oct. 19 when an explosive hit his vehicle at Qayyarah West, Iraq — the military calls it Q-West. He was in his... Full story

Editorial: Pressure in Afghanistan

It took heavy pressure — from Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, as well as four straight days of intensive discussions with Massachusetts Sen. (and head of the... Full story

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